To amend the Federal Power Act to prohibit the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission from requiring the removal or modification of
existing structures or encroachments in licenses of the
Commission.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the
Landowner Protection Act of
2011.

2.

Shoreline Management
Plans

(a)

In
General

Section 4(e) of the
Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 797(e)) is amended—

(1)

by designating the
first, second, and third sentences as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3),
respectively; and

(2)

by adding at the
end the following:

(4)

Removal or
Modification of Existing Nonconforming Structures or Encroachments

(A)

In
general

Except as provided in subparagraph (B), in issuing,
denying, approving, or modifying a shoreline management plan required under any
license issued under this part for any project, the Commission shall not
require the removal or modification of any existing nonconforming structure or
encroachment within the project boundary.

(B)

Exception

Subparagraph
(A) shall not apply to any existing nonconforming structure or encroachment
built within the project boundary in bad
faith.

.

(b)

Effective
Date

The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on
January 1, 2011.